Battersea Rise
Books etc.

• Battersea Rise by Dorothy Pym, pub. Jonathan Cape, 1934 - A book about Battersea Rise House and the Thornton Family who lived there (not about the road now known as Battersea Rise), Dorothy Pym was a descendant of the Thorntons.
• Marian Thornton 1797-1887 A Domestic Biography by E.M. Forster, pub. Edward Arnold, 1956 - Yes, EM Forster who wrote A Passage to India, he to was a descendant of the Thorntons and a cousin of Dorothy Pym.
• Battersea and Clapham, The Old Photographs Series, compiled by Patrick Loobey, pub. Alan Sutton, 1994 - includes two photographs of Battersea Rise
• Battersea and Clapham - The Second Selection, The Old Photographs Series, compiled by Patrick Loobey, pub. Alan Sutton, 2000 -includes two photographs of Battersea Rise
• The London Borough of Wandsworth, Britain in Old Photographs, Patrick Loobey, pub. Sutton Publishing, 1998 - includes one photograph of Battersea Rise
• The Buildings of Clapham, edited by Alyson Wilson, published The Clapham Society 2000. An architectural/historical guide. Two whole pages on Battersea Rise plus entries on many other streets inthe area.
• Battersea Past, edited by Patrick Loobey, pub. Historic Publications 2002. A substantial 144 page book on Battersea's history. 15 index entries under Battersea Rise including 2 illustrations and 3 entries under Battersea Rise House. Obviously most of the index entries are merely passing references.
• South Battersea - The Formative Years 1851-1900, Roger Logan, pub. Wandsworth Historical Society, 1977 - Concerns the building of the housing in the streets to the south of Battersea Rise
• The Godfrey Edition, London, Sheet 114 "Wandsworth 1894" - A reprint of the 1894 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map covering Battersea Rise, reproduced at 1:4340 scale

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